Every building, its common property and assets will have a life cycle. Committees are required to budget each year and plan their expenditure to deal with the maintenance and replacement of the items to keep the building to the expected standard of all owners.

Committees at the budget ...

A number of amendments to the Owners Corporation Act have recently been before the Victorian Parliament as a part of the Consumer Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill 2009.  These changes relate mainly to committees & certificates.

Implementation or commencement of all amendments...

There has never been a better time to review the efficient and effective maintenance of your common property. The body corporate committee is charged with enacting the best interests of all owners in this regard. Several cases recently in QLD and NSW where bodies corporate and their committees have ...

Autumn - cold, clear nights brighten into cool, sunny days. In the mornings, early light makes your garden glow in gold, orange and scarlet. Perhaps there is a dusting of frost icing the edges of leaves and encasing red berries in translucent white; Nature's diamonds sparkling before it melts away.<...

The good news for readers is that I have not met any famous people since the last edition and I won't be boring you with stories about my close encounters with living legends - like the previous article on my hero Bart Cummings. Post Script: Since I wrote that article my wife and I have had our ...